Editor, In a letter in Tuesday's Daily Lobo, Donii Fox said that backpack vacuum cleaners are light and quiet. Last night, I weighed the backpack vacuum carried by a diminutive female custodian.
Please allow me to interrupt your reality for just one moment.When I say, "your reality," I'm not trying to be a wiseass.
It's that time in the semester when many students face multiple exams, and uneasiness or nervousness is a common reaction to them.
Editor, Craig Butler’s Feb. 21 column, “Don’t dismiss theory so quickly,” draws even more attention to Monday’s self-proclaimed “Creationism versus Evolution” debate on campus.
Before Marquette met DePaul in the Bradley Center, a ceremony took place. It was both solemn and upbeat, if that mix can truly be achieved. The floor on which Marquette plays will, from this night forward, be known as “Al McGuire Court.”
I am part of a large family. My parents had lots of siblings and their parents had even more siblings.
Microsoft: The evil giant. The software conspiracy. The greedy monopoly. Whatever.
Editor, Nothing like a potential tax cut gets liberals hot under the collar and at their irrational best.
Editor, In response to Kevin Cahill's Jan. 24 letter in the Daily Lobo about the backpack vacuum cleaners used by our custodial staff, the Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Affairs would like to provide the following information.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - What was George W. Bush's real motivation for attacking Iraq last week? Was he really concerned about the safety of allied planes patrolling the no-fly zone? Perhaps he was actually concerned with something more - to cast himself in a favorable light in the eyes of military supporters.
Editor, Brad Lord-Leutwyler's Feb. 22 column echoes a sentiment that many people, myself included, feel; namely, that heroism is misunderstood.
Editor, The Albuquerque Tribune reported Thursday that The Sporting News ranked UNM 88th out of 115 schools playing Division-I sports. The magazine gave UNM an "F" for ethics based on the school's gender-equity policies, graduation rates and compliance with NCAA rules.
Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the College of Arts & Sciences and the Departments of Psychology, Physics & Astronomy, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Biology and Chemistry for sponsoring my talk “Technical Problems with Intelligent Design Theory,” Feb. 19 at the Kiva Lecture Hall.
“We make war upon the state as the chief invader of person and property, as the cause of substantially all the crime and misery that exist, as itself the most gigantic criminal extant. It manufactures criminals faster than it punishes them. It exists to create and sustain the privileges that produce economic and social chaos.”
Editor, Enrique Montoya’s Feb. 22 letter about the widening gap between the rich and poor show how indoctrinated we have become to see our country in only two different classes: One which unfairly has become rich and the other whose back the rich stepped on to get there.
Editor, While I agree with Brad Lord-Leutwyler that, for the most part, sports celebrities are not to be mistaken for heroes and that his letter should serve as a call to arms against Webster’s Dictionary — the editors advocate the synonomy of ‘ensure’ and ‘insure’ — I cannot deny the rage that springs from reading his Feb. 22 column.
Editor, I attended Phillip Johnson’s lecture on Monday and was appalled and embarrassed by the behavior of many audience members.
Editor, Between the Sigma Chi incident and the Grammy Awards incident, some major shifts have been made in the area of political correctness. As a public service to the liberal clowns on my left and the conservative jokers on my right, lets look at what we’ve learned this week.
Editor, I'm not going to comment on the evolution-creationism debate too much. I would rather comment on the atmosphere of the two presentations by Phillip Johnson and Dave Thomas.
Who is your hero? I only ask this because I have noticed a distinct lack of heroes in the world, at least the bona-fide type. I bring the whole thing up because, as is often the case, I overheard a conversation at Satellite Toys and Coffee.
Solutions by The State News
